Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is enjoying a popularity boost after his speech at the United Nations.
A battle is brewing in Israel over plans to exploit what prospectors say is a huge oil shale resource beneath part of the country.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has submitted a bid to the UN for recognition of a Palestinian state.
The World’s Matthew Bell gets reactions from Palestinians in Ramallah.
Palestinian-Americans are on the fence about whether a state of Palestine will ever exist.
Some Israelis support Palestinian efforts to gain membership at the UN.
About two million Palestinians live in Jordan. Many oppose the bid for UN membership for Palestine because they fear it would leave them out of a new state.
Is there a chance the Palestinians may step back from their bid for UN membership?
Mahmoud Abbas is facing tremendous pressure to back down, but will go ahead with his decision.
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Palestinian plans to ask the UN to recognize an independent Palestine state.
As the Palestinian Authority prepares to apply for full membership at the UN, the Jewish state finds itself without a single dependable friend in the Middle East.
Israel’s Ambassador to the US explains Israel’s response to the Arab Spring.
Israelis have long described their region as a tough neighborhood. But the political map is suddenly getting tougher for the Jewish state.
Relations between Israel and its former Middle East partners have seen many peaks and valleys, but relations may now be at an all-time low.
Huda Naccache is a Christian Arab woman from Nazareth and will be the first to appear on a cover of a magazine, wearing only a tiny bikini. The World’s Matthew Bell reports.
